The Middle East Framed - regional photography for September 26, 2018

We bring you the best pictures from the Middle East and North Africa

Palestinian cadets crawl as they demonstrate their skills at a police college run by the Hamas-led interior ministry, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters

Palestinian pupils protest in front of a school administrated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)and financed by US aid, in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus in the occupied West Bank. AFP

The head of the Women's Committee of Kuwait Football Association, Fatima Hayat, speaks at a forum in Kuwait City. AFP

Lebanese workers carry placards and shouts slogans during a sit-in at downtown Beirut, demanding salary increases for workers, and rejecting a surge in the price of petrol. EPA

Libyan forces loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA), Libya's internationally recognised government, guard a position south of Tripoli, Libya. EPA

Members of a Kazakhstan group perform in 'The Colours of Asia' show of the State Puppet Theatre of Astana during the Carthage Puppetry Art Days in Tunis, Tunisia. EPA

Jordanian actress Seba Mubarak poses on the red carpet during the El Gouna film festival in Egypt. AFP

Syrians arrive at the Abu Duhur crossing on the eastern edge of Idlib province as they cross from rebel-held areas to regime-held areas. AFP

People attend celebrations marking the first anniversary of the historic Kurdistan independence referendum at the Erbil international stadium in Iraq. EPA

Iraqi Kurds wave flags and a poster of Massud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, during an electoral rally at the Franco Hariri Stadium, in Arbil. AFP

Archaeologists work at a historical monastery site in Taffouh village near the West Bank City of Hebron. EPA

An archaeologist works at a historical monastery site in Taffouh village near the West Bank City of Hebron. EPA

Palestinian cadets demonstrate their skills at a police college run by the Hamas-led interior ministry, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters

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